Health Services

IUPUI /Clarian ID is required to receive a free vaccine.

Flu Information

Seasonal Vaccine

There is seasonal flu vaccine available to be given at the outlying flu clinics and in Coleman Hall. See the bottom of the previous page for the link to the schedules.

Updates will be posted on the previous page first, and then to the schedules. We offer our apologies for being unable to update the schedule in real time as the vaccine supply is exhausted. Check the website for cancellations immediately before going to a clinic.

H1N1

IUPUI has 0 doses of H1N1 injectable vaccine available to anyone in the high risk categories.

Clarian is scheduling clinics for Clarian staff.

Healthy adults over the age of 24 are least affected by the virus. Therefore, H1N1 vaccine will not be available to the majority of IUPUI employees and many students who have no chronic health conditions and are over age 24.

High risk categories for H1N1 vaccination at IUPUI

• pregnant employees and students (NO note from your Ob/Gyn is required)
• emergency medical services, nursing, dental, respiratory therapy personnel, and others with face-to-face patient contact, including receptionists, housekeeping staff, etc.
• students/employees up to and including age 24
• adults 25-64 with chronic health conditions that weaken the immune system, such as asthma, COPD, diabetes, daily oral steroid medication, etc.
• people who live with or care for children younger than 6 months of age

Nasal Spray

The nasal spray is a LIVE attenuated (weakened) virus.

Contraindications for nasal spray include:

• Pregnancy
• Immunucompromised individuals –those with asthma, COPD, kidney disease, diabetes, long-term steroid use, radiation, chemotherapy, HIV, etc.
• 49 years of age and older
• Vaccination with other live virus within last 30 days
• SEVERE allergic reaction to eggs, egg products, chicken protein, latex or Thimerosal
• Acute respiratory illness or fever in the last 24 hours

Injectable

Injectable vaccine is an inactivated (killed) type. Injectable H1N1 vaccine. The injectable form comes in multi-dose vials and therefore contains Thimerosol.

Check the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website and the IUPUI Emergency Preparedness site at http://www.iupui.edu/~prepared/h1n1/ for more information about influenza.